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‘I feel like I’ve been shot in the head’: Mother, daughter survive complex brain aneurysms

A mother and daughter share the life-threatening experience of having complex brain aneurysms, from which both made full recoveries after having endovascular surgery performed by UT Southwestern neurosurgeon Rafael De Oliveira Sillero, M.D.

Rafael De Oliveira Sillero, M.D.

September 18, 2024

For Mother's Day, 6 stories of survival

A mother's strength – and will to live – is reflected in six amazing stories of survival from UT Southwestern.

May 6, 2022

Saved by the video call: When an aneurysm struck during a Teams meeting, co-workers rallied to rescue one of their own

When an aneurysm struck the marketing director for UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute during a video call, the entire team rallied to rescue one of its own.

Jon White, M.D.

March 31, 2022

Shirley Williams – The Joy of Discovery

February 1, 2018

Repairing brain aneurysms now to prevent strokes later

Dr. Welch explains how brain aneurysms can cause hemorrhagic strokes and what physicians can do to preemptively treat this condition.

Babu Welch, M.D.

May 25, 2017